Article content Bankruptcies in Alberta dropped dramatically during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but this spring’s recent uptick in insolvencies could be a sign of things to come, experts say. Across Canada, business and consumer bankruptcies both dropped to record lows during COVID-19, with Alberta being no exception. Despite the province being hit by the double whammy of a pandemic-induced recession and slumping oil and gas prices, consumer insolvency filings in Alberta were 27 per cent lower in the 12-month period ending March 2021 than they were the year before. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.